Ag-gag statute not a point of pride for Iowa

5:03 PM,
Apr. 27, 2013

Dean Lerner

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Lerner

The April 9 New York Times editorial, "Eating with our eyes closed, is a real eye-opener. And, as usual, there's always more to bizarre stories. And, of course, where there are bizarre stories, Congress/politicians aren't far away.

Not too long ago, an Associated Press article published in The Des Moines Register informed us about three Republican Congressmen - Reps. Devin Nunes, Jeff Denham and Kevin McCarthy - who had written to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack encouraging him to "intervene against attacks (against a California slaughterhouse) occurring at the urging of ...